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haspassed

out of

some

originally

discrete

state into

a concrete

state,

thereafterremains

for an

indefinite

period

without

undergoing

further

integration,and

without

beginning

to

disintegrate.

But this

is untrue.

All things

aregrowing

or

decaying,

accumulating

matter or

wearing

away,

integrating

ordisintegrating.

All things

are

varying in

their

temperatures,

contractingor

expanding,

integrating

or

disintegrating.

Both the

quantity

of

mattercontained

in an

aggregate

and the

quantity